Ochrosia oppositifolia grows as a small to medium-sized tree up to 25 m (80 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 50 cm (20 in). Its flowers feature a creamy to white corolla. Its habitat is coastal forest, bush or open areas to 100 m (300 ft) altitude, rarely inland. Local medicinal uses include as a carminative and in high doses as an abortifacient. Ochrosia oppositifolia is native to regions from the Seychelles through tropical Asia to the Pacific. It is also known as the fruit-bat tree locally in the Seychelles.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Twin Apple being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cerbera odollam — considered toxic
- Ochrosia elliptica
- Cerbera manghas — toxic
- Voacanga thouarsii
- Himatanthus bracteatus
- Fagraea berteroana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Ochrosia
- Species
- Ochrosia oppositifolia
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